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    What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

    Pride before Fall;913113 wrote: Better to be the teetotaller at my kids' weddings than drunk stupid and humiliating them, I guess.
    No guessing about it. That right there is some TRUTH.

    DG
    Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
    Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07


    One day at a time.

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      What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

      It drains my spirit, saps my energy and empties my soul
      Can't be bothered to do anything
      Feeling negative and low
      The weight that I've gained
      The money I have wasted
      The friends I have lost
      The emotional wreck I have become
      The moody boss my staff have to deal with on a daily basis
      The days I have lost to AL through feeling shit and hungover

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        What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

        It's the forgetting stuff from the night before & the example that gives my kids - that they've seen me drunk just kills me. Hate the regrets, can't believe I got to this point. Hang in there everyone! I like the idea that 'first you have a drink, then the drink has a drink ...' - will try to remember this one!!!

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          What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

          I hate the lies, even to myself
          I hate trying to find the bottle in desperation the next morning to kill the pain
          I hate feeling like a low-life, schemeing, manipulating, cheat
          I hate the taste of vodka, the retching just to get down the first mouthful
          I hate the pleading voices of my children when I am on a bender, please mum stop this, you are killing yourself
          I hate the taste of wine out of a cask
          I hate drunks who slur their words, feel sorry for themselves, repeat themselves over and over again, cant be understood and especially when that drunk is me.......
          I am a part of the family of humanity. Not one person on this earth is a stranger to me. Rev. Ted Noffs

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            What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

            yes this thread a good one. I guess I read so many f**ked up things I have done or versions of them. Its good to feel like I am not alone in these things. I used to think it was just me, this thread keeps me mindful that is is a condition many suffer with but that there are ways to deal with it and get better.
            I am blessed with love joy and sobriety.

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              What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

              :bump:
              I am a part of the family of humanity. Not one person on this earth is a stranger to me. Rev. Ted Noffs

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                What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                Ugh.....that Sunday or Monday morning hangover....disgusted with myself....knowing that during the week I could easily have just 1 or 2 glasses of wine....or none at all and have NO trouble stopping, but then the weekend came and BAM! The most awful part...the LYING I did to my family about how I spent my Sunday, and then not remembering what I told them because on that Saturday I was completely wasted when I talked to them on the phone. Then thinking all that time that they couldn't tell I was half in the bag :-( How could I have been so stupid????

                I cringe, I shudder, and sometimes I still cry when I think about it. I can NEVER go back to that. I want to live.

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                  What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                  Turning up for work or worse still not turning up for work - in my own business, and not being able to carry out my daily duties; having to go home half way through the day due to the massive hangover..time and time again
                  Having to call in extra staff to fill in for me when i was home on the couch drinking myself into oblivion....telling them mountain of lies about my "health problems"....
                  Drinking vodka at work and chewing gum and minties to disguise the smell (never worked)...
                  Getting projects up and going, bringing other people on board, promising them that I would follow through with them and then lettting them down because of my drinking.....of the missed opportunities........
                  The hideous withdrawals that sent me straight to the pits of hell.....
                  I am a part of the family of humanity. Not one person on this earth is a stranger to me. Rev. Ted Noffs

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                    What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                    I think I'm in "confession" mode today, because the BAD memories keep popping up, and I'm soo ashamed of this one.

                    My ex boyfriend's brother got married and my daughter was the flowergirl (cutest little thing, only about 4 ). Anyway, the bar was open so of course I couldn't pass that up! Started off with some wine. Only fell one or two times on the dance floor (not too bad, huh?). Then on to the second act, I slightly recall giving my boyfriend a not-so-innocent lapdance at this very strict religious wedding (bride and groom were virgins...although they weren't quite so innocent after my performance). Anyway, the night goes on, wedding ends and we head home, only I get the bright idea that I need to stop at the liquor store! Being the enabler that he was, my boyfriend agreed. Somehow we ended up fighting and I stormed (stumbled?) out of the store, marched up to some random strangers and gave them some sob story about how I needed a ride home! So I end up on the back of a motorcycle with a stranger (in a dress). Meanwhile, where is my baby? Thank goodness she was with someone I trusted, but imagine if she wasn't? My mind was NOT even on her or her safety...it was on me, me, me and getting what I wanted. (It was only the next day that I actually realized what could have happened to ME as well....)

                    I hate alcohol!
                    :heart:I love my daughter more than alcohol:heart:

                    Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you think.

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                      What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                      Argh I hate alcohol too!! I need to read this thread more often cause I forget what I was like!

                      When I was drunk I was permiscuous and slept with men I was not attracted to! I use to feel sick to the stomach the morning after. I felt like a whore.

                      I cannot go back!
                      Be strong-
                      We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worse that has been done to us.
                      Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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                        What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                        Oy. K9, that wedding story brought back to mind a couple of my own wedding stories. One is completely embarrassing and the other was appallingly dangerous - involving me drunk driving a rental car in LA, where I do NOT live and do NOT know my way around.

                        I am so grateful to be sober.

                        DG
                        Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                        Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07


                        One day at a time.

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                          What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                          ALL THE FREAKIN BRUISES............ IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS GETTING BEATEN UP DAILY( I OFTEN WONDERED WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT?)

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                            What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                            Booked into a hotel about 3hrs from my home town alone, so that I could drink undisturbed. Woke up four days later with hotel security knocking at the door asking me to pack my things and leave the hotel. they escorted me to the nearest bus stop. Two days later I received a room service bill in my mail for $1634.00!!!!!!!! That was eighteen months ago, I am banned from that hotel and still paying off the bill on my credit card....oh how I hate drinking.......the shame.........the dreadful waste of money etc. etc.
                            I am a part of the family of humanity. Not one person on this earth is a stranger to me. Rev. Ted Noffs

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                              What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                              :bump:
                              I am a part of the family of humanity. Not one person on this earth is a stranger to me. Rev. Ted Noffs

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                                What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

                                Great thread to read when I think I can go back to drinking. Absolutely CANNOT!!!
                                Be strong-
                                We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worse that has been done to us.
                                Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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